Project

The "HyPat-Global H2 Potential Atlas" project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is the first to comprehensively identify possible regions in the world for a partnership-based development of a future green hydrogen economy, taking into account the German National Hydrogen Strategy (NWS), the Paris Climate Agreement, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

The central research questions addressed by the project are:

• What environmental aspects and sustainability criteria must be taken into account in a global, green hydrogen economy?
• How can the global potential of importing green hydrogen and synthesis products be economically measured and evaluated?
• What potentials arise in a globally networked hydrogen economy for the production countries to generate added value, jobs and co-benefits locally?

• In addition to a detailed survey of the global techno-economic potentials and analyzing hydrogen chains, including transport, the analysis also includes the symmetrical requirements of the partner countries.
• These include the sustainable coverage of their domestic energy demand, achievement of their own climate goals using the economic development opportunities of a hydrogen economy, and compliance with specific sustainability criteria for the hydrogen economy in the partner countries.
• Furthermore, these countries’ capabilities to build the capital- and technology-intensive plants will be analyzed (e.g. governance structures, access to capital, geopolitical stability).
• The opportunities resulting for these countries will also be surveyed (e.g. impacts on local value creation, opportunities for capacity building) and acceptance and stakeholder analyses conducted.
• The resulting supply of hydrogen and synthesis products will then be compared with the global demand of the importing countries in a further step of the analysis, and will provide a complete overall picture for the first time.
• It is important to analyze how hydrogen markets can be established in the future and the market prices that can be expected for hydrogen.
• Policy recommendations will be made for developing a sustainable import strategy for Germany.
• An interdisciplinary team has been brought together to explore the different aspects in depth. 

Wietschel, M.; Weißenburger, B.; Wachsmuth, J.; Müller, V. P. (2024): What do we know about importing green hydrogen and its derivatives and what can be derived from this for Germany’s import strategy? HYPAT Position paper 1/2024. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (ed.)

Vespermann, D.; Thielmann, S. (2023): Interdependencies between national energy transitions and international hydrogen cooperation. HYPAT Working Paper 06/2023. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (ed.)

Quitzow, R.; Triki, A.; Wachsmuth, J.; Fragoso Garcia, J.; Kramer, N.; Lux, B.; Nunez, A. (2023): Mobilizing Europe’s Full Hydrogen Potential: Entry-Points for Action by the EU and its Member States. HYPAT Discussion Paper 05/2023. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (ed.).

Sukurova, N.; Wietschel, M.; Fragoso Garcia, J.; Müller, V. P.; Franke, K.; Kantel, A.; Graf, M.; Jalbout, E.; Pieton, N.; Abdel-Khalek, H.; Bergup, E.; Weise, F. (2021): Ukrainian Hydrogen Export Potential: Opportunities and Challenges in the Light of the Ongoing War. HYPAT Working Paper 04/2023. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (ed.).

Quitzow, R.; Nunez, A.; Marian, A. (2023): Positioning Germany in an International Hydrogen Economy: A Policy Review. HYPAT Working Paper 03/2023. Potsdam: RIFS (ed.).

Pieton, N.; Abdel-Khalek, H.; Fragoso, J.; Franke, K.; Graf, M.; Holst, M.; Kleinschmitt, C.; Müller, V. P.; Weise, F.; Drechsler, B.; Lenivova, V.; Nolden, C.; Voglstätter, C.; Wietschel, M.; Bergup, E.; Sinha, M. F. A. (2023): Export Potentials of Green Hydrogen – Methodology for a Techno-Economic Assessment. HYPAT Working Paper 02/2023. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (ed.).

Wietschel, M.; Weißenburger, B.; Rehfeldt M.; Lux, B.; Zheng L.; Meier J. (2023): Preiselastische Wasserstoffnachfrage in Deutschland - Methodik und Ergebnisse. HYPAT Working Paper 01/2023. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (Hrsg.).

Riemer, M.; Zheng, L.; Eckstein, J.; Wietschel, M.; Pieton, N.; Kunze R. (2022): Future hydrogen demand: A cross-sectoral, global meta-analysis. HYPAT Working Paper 04/2022. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (Hrsg.).

Kleinschmitt, C.; Fragoso Garcia, J.; Franke, K.; Teza, D.; Seidel, L.; Ebner, A.; Baier, M. (2022): Weltweite Potenziale erneuerbarer Energien. HYPAT Working Paper 03/2022. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (Hrsg.).

Kleinschmitt, C.; Fragoso Garcia, J.; Franke, K.; Teza, D.; Seidel, L.; Ebner, A.; Baier, M. (2022): Global potential of renewable energy sources. HYPAT Working Paper 03/2022 (English version). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (Hrsg.).

Breitschopf, B.; Thomann, J.; Fragoso Garcia, J.; Kleinschmitt, C.; Hettesheimer, T.; Neuner, F.; Wittmann, F.; Roth, F.; Pieton, N.; Lenivova, V.; Thiel, Z.; Strohmaier, R.; Stamm, A.; Lorych, L. (2022): Import von Wasserstoff und Wasserstoffderivaten: Exportländer. HYPAT Working Paper 02/2022. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (Hrsg.).

Breitschopf, B.; Thomann, J.; Fragoso Garcia, J.; Kleinschmitt, C.; Hettesheimer, T.; Neuner, F.; Wittmann, F.; Roth, F.; Pieton, N.; Lenivova, V.; Thiel, Z.; Strohmaier, R.; Stamm, A.; Lorych, L. (2022): Importing hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives: Export countries. HYPAT Working Paper 02/2022 (English version). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (Hrsg.).

Thomann, J.; Edenhofer, L.; Hank, C.; Lorych, L.; Marscheider-Weidemann, F.; Stamm, A.; Thiel, Z.; Weise, F. (2022): Hintergrundpapier zu nachhaltigem grünen Wasserstoff und Syntheseprodukten. HYPAT Working Paper 01/2022. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (Hrsg.).

Thomann, J.; Edenhofer, L.; Hank, C.; Lorych, L.; Marscheider-Weidemann, F.; Stamm, A.; Thiel, Z.; Weise, F. (2022): Background paper on sustainable green hydrogen and synthesis products. HYPAT Working Paper 01/2022 (English version). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (Hrsg.).

HYPAT (2022):  War in Ukraine: Implications for the European and German strategies for importing hydrogen and synthesis products. Position Paper. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (Hrsg.).

Wietschel, M.; Pieton, N.; Thiel, Z. et al. (2021): Importing hydrogen and hydrogen derivates: from costs to prices . HYPAT Working Paper 01/2021 (English version). Fraunhofer ISI, Fraunhofer IEG, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Lehrstuhl Umwelt‐/Ressourcenökonomik und Nachhaltigkeit.

Wietschel, M.; Pieton, N.; Thiel, Z. et al. (2021): Import von Wasserstoff und Wasserstoffderivaten: von Kosten zu Preisen. HYPAT Working Paper 01/2021. Fraunhofer ISI, Fraunhofer IEG, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Lehrstuhl Umwelt‐/Ressourcenökonomik und Nachhaltigkeit.

01.03.2021 until 29.02.2024

The project HYPAT- H2-POTENTIALATLAS is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF as part of the "Hydrogen Republic of Germany" ideas competition in the module basic research on green hydrogen.

The Project Management Jülich provides technical and administrative support for the HyPat project on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF.

• Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Systems (IEG)
• Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE)
• Chair of Environmental/Resource Economics and Sustainability, Ruhr Universität Bochum
• German Development Institute (DIE),
• Energy Systems Analysis Associates (ESA²) GmbH
• Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
• Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena)
• Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH